Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-02
WITH THE MORMONS.
The Story OF One Woman Who Escaped.
Enticed by Mormon Missionaries
in Weak Moment.
ence-Trying to Escaps from an
Awful Fad.


DILUTE SA3LSlu, uONENSEJ let me mar /
rste g brief history of my carly life
Thirty-f five years ago l came into exist
ence in little village on the backs Of the |
rolling Seine. Here passed the first IN
eventual ten years Of my life among the
most pleasant surroundings and under
the careful guardianship Of 81 old uncle,
ny parents having died before was eight
years old.
At ten | Was permitted 81 my most
earnest solicitation to enter a girls
school e long way from home. Here
commenced the first troubles 10 darken
mY sunny life. l embraced my educa-
tioual opportunities with much zeal and
with a pardonsbIe amount of confidence
in myself, prepared rot only to succeed,
but lead in all my undertakings. Study
having always been my fayorite occupa-
tioD, l had little doubt that al obstacles
in my path could be easily and csrelessly
swept away. Alas, how frail is human
Judgment. l soon discovered that all
these bright dreams so long cherished
and nurtured msy be dissolved
and scattered by a stronger power
than l. How bitterly resi-
lied that all my air castles were
spell seemed 10 have taken possession of
NE, numbing my facilities, elye,Oping ne
into o mist of uncertairLes and tinsuy
carrying me away in 2 perfect maelsucm
Of despair. For when we lose confidence
il self we are practically lost. les, lost;
lost 70 ourselves, lost TO everybody. And
such proved 20 be the case with ne. I
failed in everything. What had always
ro-nrfpI 90 IN a~Eg%irrr 90 iryn tFrl
dull and InsstsfyiDg. Fly friends, what
few 1 had contracted, abandoned me as
though | we're Z thing of evil. In disgrace
fed from school, determined either 10
overcome this second nature or perish in
CT night I escaped the shelter
on and unperceiyed reached the
rai gay station, where I boarded the
train, and two days later srriyed in my
E8;ive village. Like thief in the dark |
entered Icy own home, and it being night
l crept TO my chamber, hoping to sleep
of my exhaustion and compose myself in
q manner for the meeting with my uncle,
which | anticipated would be q stormy
one. aWOke the next morning little
| refreshed, end dIed with apprehension
/ G-H-C4ACN " L4C EiEG htdSt lOOtu, HntIG
! found ny urcle already parGakDg Of
/ the morning meal Fly heart failed me +;
| | had not the courage 10 advance \
| fearful sense CT shame and humiliation
came over me. Einally by that mysteri-
Gus power instinct, or what il may
be-thst warns person as to an
o.her's presence, ne turned and looked
at me.
Eugene, he cried IN alarm, what
brings you here
81 lave brought Myself, were .hl
only words | colld force between by
cold lips,
"But way 10 you cone" ne ASKED il
evident alarm.
''Uncle, l have failed; . have lett in
disgrace; l have come home; I cannot
learn; l cannot do anything; you may
send me away if you wish; anything
anything only that may escape from i
all, F" and here the last drop Of courage
oCZes away and kneel Ct my uucIe's fee
hopeIessly, penitent and miserable.
My uncle, upon whose CIomency l wa:
beginning to rely, pushed me from hin
aud in voice thick with anger eX.
claimed
$50 it has come to this. Girl, hay,
you no shame, have you none Of the blue
blood of your ancestors TO warm an
rouse some vital spark, of pride or o
womanhoOd inherited from your mother
She, proud woman, woul1 blush to owl
you now" And he raved on with bite
iayeCtive5 while | crouched at his Zee
humilisted, aye, even to the dust.
When after time his rage had par
tislly spent itself he again addressed me
"Eugenie," said he, "henceforth or q
long as you desire it this shall be you
home. But remember, never agsin pre-
sumo upon the relationship thst exis
between US. We shall live beneath tn
! same roof, eat at the same table
: but it shsIl be IS strangers
You have bIighted the declinin
years of en- old mans life, l crept ava
/ more heartsick than words can describe
i For months l dragged away the rnonoton
e of existence until eventually q chang
r came over the spirit of my dresms.
: a band Of MoImoIs had entered tn
I village and were gaining many adherent
t to their faith. Somehow neve
/ realized Just howl became acquainted
{ and | must say it, infatuated, with
I Mormon leader. 0, what bright picture
- he unveiled before me CT the golden west
What alluring words he poured into III
willing ears! What wonder that m
young hesrt, deprived of all that make
life worth living to the young-love az
: the companionship of friends-turned {
! him VINO seemed so devoted, who SCENE
( SO kinds
Again, like thief IN the darkness,
bsde farewell to my home and embarke
! with the founder Of my new happiness
that Elysium which l firmly believe
awaited me across the seas.
o Again my hopes were doomed to dis
appointment. found that my lord .fc
! such had TO call him had many otne
wives, and l was domineered over an
insulted by them; he suffering it q
without any apparent interest in the ma
ter.
Again attempted to fee, but this tin
u l was bsttled. EnveIoping myself in
+ dark mantle, sought to escape in th
= shades of night, and had passed, as
I thought, beyond the limits Of DANCE
# when dark figure confronted me.
d was the figure of John, my husband; {
8 John, the deceiver.
He held up his large, white hand threat
eniDgly. No wonder it was white. Ia
he not slaves, groveling slaves, fems,
slaves to cater to his slightest wish, I
GaLce attendance upon him at any ana 8